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AZE JBMO TST

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May 2, 2015
combinatorics

Problem Statement

There are some real numbers on the board (at least two). In every step we choose two of them, for example aa and bb, and then we replace them with aba+b\frac{ab}{a+b}. We continue until there is one number. Prove that the last number does not depend on which order we choose the numbers to erase.